Martin Mull

Give Seth MacFarlane credit for uniting America's cranky TV critics. They all seem to hate his new sitcom "Dads." Premiering Tuesday night, the new Fox show stars Giovanni Ribisi and Seth Green as two video-game entrepreneurs whose AARP-aged fathers (Martin Mull and Peter Riegert) move in with them. Writer-producer MacFarlane has never been a critical favorite, although he has been riding high with "Family Guy" and the feature hit "Ted." But the reviews for "Dads" have been scathing, probably the worst of his career. PHOTOS: Families that changed TV "If the two whiny sons and their equally unlikable fathers aren't enough...

Fox premieres two new sitcoms Tuesday. One I would recommend; the other, I would not.
Let's begin with the better: "Brooklyn Nine-Nine," which deems Andy Samberg ready for prime time, is set in a New York police precinct; its noble lineage runs...

The Fall Season is here, people. And though premieres will happen up and down what is still anachronistically called a dial, the season remains mainly the domain of the broadcast networks — which seem bent for the moment not on aping cable TV, as many...

Weeks before its premiere, "Dads", Fox's new comedy about two adult sons dealing with their aging fathers, continues to be shrouded in controversy due to jokes in the pilot that many critics claim are racially offensive.
But despite the...